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- [George] This week on"Christian World News",

a picture of two Americas.

In some parts of the country,

churches are forbiddento hold Sunday services.

Bibles are being burned in the streets.

And some fear secularism

is becoming a new God.

- [Wendy] But in someof those same streets,

revival is breaking out,

evangelists are holding services

and thousands are turning to Jesus.

- [George] And a survivor's story,

under Romania's communist regime.

She stood up for Christians

but when she offended the dictator,

her life was on the line.

- Welcome to "ChristianWorld News" everyone.

I'm Wendy Griffith.

- And I'm George Thomas.

Bibles burned, governmentdecrees against church gatherings

and growing hostility

against Christian values.

- Is this just a momentaryblip in our history

or is secularism a new religion

bent on taking over America?

Gary Lane has the story.

- Is the recent assaultagainst Christian values,

the beginning of a revolutionto transform America?

A number of signs

portray a nation on theedge of becoming a society

where instead of kneelingin prayer to our Creator,

people bow to a godless state instead.

In July, California Governor Gavin Newsome

moved to prohibit indoor church services

and put limits on home Bible studies.

Supporters of Newsome's orders say,

"Indoor church gatherings

"place people at risk ofcontracting COVID-19."

Appearing on this week'sepisode of the "Global Lane",

author and radio host Eric Metaxas

says Americans can't ignorea government overreach.

- We should not instantly say,

"That's an American,

"you can't do that in America.

"And by the way, we won't abide by that."

- [Gary] And Christians are pushing back.

Several thousand Californians

defied state COVID-19 restrictions

by attending and indoor service

at Sun Valley's Grace Community Church,

Pastor John MacArthur.

- Good morning everyone.

I'm so happy to welcome you to the

Grace Community Church peaceful protest.

(laughing and cheering)

- [Gary] Now the church and its pastor

are facing criminal charges

from the city of Los Angeles.

In turn they're suing the state.

Meanwhile, in Washington DC,

activists went unpunished

after painting thewords, defund the police,

beside a Black Lives Matter mural,

but Pro-life activists say,

"Mayor Muriel Bowser

"ordered police to arrest students

"for chalking Black Pre-born Lives Matter

on a public sidewalk."

- This is viewpoint discrimination

that she is choosing which phrases

she's allowing to bepainted on public streets.

And you can't do thatbecause of the constitution.

- [Gary] US Attorney General William Barr

told Fox host Mark Levin,

the American left is uninterestedin dialogue or compromise.

- The left wants power

because that is essentiallytheir state of grace

in their secular religion.

They wanna run people's lives so they can

design utopia for all of us.

And that's what turns them on.

And it's the lust for power.

- [Gary] Barr contends Antifa

and other Militant Marxists

are advancing the life's religion

by infiltrating peaceful protests,

utilizing urban guerrilla tactics

to force political change.

In Portland recently,

the American flag and Bibles were burned

in front of the federal courthouse.

Metaxas describes it

as an assault on Westernculture and human dignity.

- Christians should be

the most alarmed in the sense,

but everyone who has a stake in civility

what's best for the country.

- [Gary] And when Antifaradicals recently threatened

to tear down a 56 footcross in Eugene, Oregon,

several hundred Christiansgathered in prayer

to stop the attack.

New Hope College President,

Pastor Wayne Cordeiro says,

"that's when police successfullyturned away a busload

"headed to the college campus."

- Ultimately it's aspiritual battle, isn't it?

And so we have to drawa line and say enough,

we're going to stand onthe promises of God's Word.

We're going to take thisto prayer and praise.

And we're going to let the Lord

take on this battle

and begin to make a difference.

- [Gary] Gary, CBN News.

- Thanks Gary, well despitethe social uncertainty

and hostility towards Christians,

a spiritual awakeningis also taking place.

- Yeah, quite remarkable awakening.

Christians are holding,

as Wendy said, revival services

in the very cities where the darkness

is the deepest.

Charlene Aaron has the story.

- [Charlene] It's hard to imagine

that less than 200 milesfrom this scene in Seattle,

you see something like this in Oregon.

(crowd cheering)

A wave of revival is growing.

In Portland, thousandsof Christians recently

lifted their voices inprayer, praise and worship

for an event called, Riots to Revival.

An effort to heal the brokenness

resulting from the pandemic.

Just hours before

protestors lit fire to thiscity's police headquarters.

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- [Charlene] SeanFeucht, has been a leader

of the Worship Movement.

- Watching God show up.

we've spent the last

15 years I have going into

a lot of really dark hardnations around the world,

North Korea, Iraq,Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia.

And now we get to do it in our own nation.

- [Charlene] In Seattle,

the area formerly known as CHOP or CHAZ

had become a focal point for protesters

who took over the neighborhoodearlier this summer.

Demonstrators basically tookover this part of the city

following the death of George Floyd.

A group recently tried to shutdown a prayer rally there,

but Feucht says,

"The power of God took over."

- The Lord started to move.

Even on some of the Satanists that came

God started to move.

We were able to pray andminister with a lot of them.

- [Charlene] In California,

where indoor worshipservices have been banned,

churches have been discovering

new ways to serve their communities.

Pastor Mickey Stonier

of San Diego's Rock Church,

shared on CBN's prayer link,

how God is using the pandemicto the church's advantage.

- We've had 135 churches in San Diego

come together.

We had a prayer event,

11 different locations.

We had over 15,000 people

around San Diego or online.

We call it, We Pray San Diego,

praying for an hour

for the Lord's His work,

His revival to be taking place.

- [Charlene] In July,

on the sandy shores of Huntington Beach,

hundreds came to worship,

pray and receive salvation

as part of an event called Saturate OC.

Many gave their lives to Christ

and were baptized.

Jesse Green, one of the event's organizers

also spoke with CBN News.

- [Jesse] People are just being set free

and there's so much joy

and so much peace

and people are beingset free from depression

and suicidal thoughts.

And it feels like what God

would always want the earth to look like.

- [Charlene] A similar outcome

recently played out in Chicago,

where deadly violence has been rampant.

A ministry called the Last Reformation,

flooded the city

through tent revivalsand street evangelism.

- There was hundreds of people

that went out in the street,

all different neighborhoods and areas.

People have been really receptive.

People were getting healed on the street,

they were coming back to the tents,

they were getting baptized.

They were giving their life to Jesus.

- [Charlene] Earlier this year,

a prayer and fasting movement

involving 1000 churchescalled Awaken Tennessee

sparked a revival thatlasted several months.

Pastors reported recordsalvation and mass miracles.

As a result of the Holy Spirit showing up

and taking over.

All reasons why Feucht hopesto take his mobile ministry

to even more cities.

- God is gonna flip thescript on these cities

that no place is too hard.

No places too is too dark.

- [Charlene] Charlene Aaron, CBN News.

- [Wendy] Amen, no place is too dark.

Well coming up,

held at gunpoint,

an outspoken critic ofher communist government

is targeted for assassination.

What happened when she came face to face

with her would be killer?

- I don't know if it has ever been a time

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In this DVD,

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- God showed up and you worked miracles.

- Different doctors would come in,

it's like, wow, you're a miracle.

- I knew God had restored him.

- We've also gathered teachings,

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- [Efrem] I am Efrem Graham,

and this is "Studio 5".

Cruise with me,

as I discovered the good things

happening in the world ofmusic, sports, television,

and movies.

- The fact that Ryan Cooglerwas gonna be directing the film

I knew that somethingspecial was going to happen.

- [Efrem] We'll chat with artists

at the forefront of entertainment

and explore the connection

between popular culture and faith.

- I asked my pastor,

I said, "Well does that meannot supposed to be a preacher?"

He says, "No, we have a pulpit."

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- [Announcer] As the worldwatches from the outside.

- It's a big diplomatic tug ofwar here in the Middle East.

- [Announcer] Go inside thestory with "Jerusalem Dateline".

- Israeli archeologists aretalking about a discovery

that could change the thinkingabout the Temple Mount.

- [Announcer] Join CBNJerusalem Bureau Chief

Chris Mitchell and getthe biblical perspective

on the event shaping the world.

- What starts in Israel thenends up going to other places.

- [Announcer] Watch "Jerusalem Dateline"

Friday night at 9:30 onthe CBN News Channel.

- Welcome back to the broadcast.

Islamic extremists haveunleashed a reign of terror

in Northern Mozambique.

The violence has lefta number of churches,

burned to the ground,

people beheaded

and tens of thousandsdisplaced and traumatized.

Since 2017,

more than 1000 people have beenkilled in a violent campaign

against Christians inthe last four months,

those attacks have escalatednow more than 210,000 people

have been forced out of their homes.

Iris Global is locatedin Northern Mozambique,

and is ministering to theneeds of the people there.

- We're feeding people of all face.

We're loving people.

We're holding them in our arms

and we're giving them the besttreasure we can give them,

which is the Word of God

in audio, solar Bibles.

We're able to give them the Word of God

in their heart language.

So people who've been traumatized

by these radical insurgents

who are be heading.

So many have seen theirfamily members beheaded.

Some have been forced to eattheir own family members.

It's unbelievable what's happening,

but the love of Jesus

brings healing to these people.

- You can learn more aboutthe situation in Mozambique

at our website, cbnnews.com, Wendy.

- Wow, well an Islamic rebel group

arrested a Christian Syrian teacher

for refusing to surrenderhis school building

for Islamic training.

40 year old RodwinMohamad is the headmaster

of a school in Northwestern,

in a Northwestern Syrian village,

near the Afrin Province,

Christian Solidarity Worldwide reports,

he was arrested by a group of fileted

with a Muslim brotherhoodembarked by Turkey.

The pastor of a Curtis Church in Lebanon

says, "They fear Rodwin will be executed."

- Yeah, we need to pray for him.

The woman you're about to meet

was beaten and tortured for her faith.

She was an attorney

who fought for Christiansand communist, Romania.

- But when she personallyhumiliated the dictator,

she went too far

an assassin came to her office

and pointed a gun at her head.

Abigail Robertson tellsus what happened next.

- Virginia Prodan doesn't hide the fact

that she should be dead.

In her book "Saving my Assassin."

She tells the incredible story

of death staring her in the face

and how she fought back with nothing

but the Word of God.

- I am not a hero.

God gave me this mission andI was a tool in God's hands.

- Why did the Romaniangovernment want you to killed?

- Because I defended Christianand human rights cases

and government, socialists government.

It's a government whowill establish a system

where the government it's your God.

Not Christ.

- [Abigail] During dictatorNicolae Ceaușescu's rule,

in the 1980s,

Christians found with Bibles

or sharing Christ withothers were thrown in jail.

Even though the countryhad religious freedom laws.

- I was told in the interrogation room

that those laws were in

to protect freedom ofreligion, freedom of speech.

They were in the law books of Romania

for the Western civilization

to believe that we have freedom.

- [Abigail] But Virginia use those laws

to fight the government anyway.

- Later on I found out

that when I was in the courtroom

facing the judge and the prosecutors

behind me there were representative

from America, from France,Italy, Jewish, Israel,

all over the Western Europe

who will take notes andsend it to their government.

So for that reason

I'm alive and I'm not dead

because God protected me.

- [Abigail] Virginia caught the attention

of Western journalists

from places like FreeEurope and Voice of America.

- The government had to let me

be present at this.

Otherwise they had to respond.

Where is she?

What is the situation and so forth.

- [Abigail] But outside the courtroom,

the government took it to revenge

by beating and torturing her.

- I remember full of blood

full of pain as many of themare hitting me and so forth.

I looked straight up to them and I said,

"I don't really like what you're doing,

"but God loves you.

"And I choose to love you."

And they had to turn their faces

because they were crying.

- [Abigail] Through it all

Virginia was winning herReligious Liberty cases

then came her biggest test.

- It was so risky.

Then when I receivedthat assignment I said,

"Lord, you give them a chance

"to actually pick up the gun and kill me."

I received documents

that would prove thatthe dictator was lying,

continuing to lie to America.

- [Abigail] Trusting inthe Lord, she accepted.

- I took the job and later on at night,

I created a pocket in my suit

and I put my documents there

with intention to give itto the American embassy

the next day because I had a case

and I knew that theywill be in the courtroom.

- [Abigail] Miraculously, her plan worked.

- They took me, interrogated me,

but they forgot to search me.

- [Abigail] The documents made

it to president Ronald Reagan,

infuriating the Romanian dictator.

- He decided to senda client to my office.

The assassin said to me,"I'm not your client.

"I'm here to kill you."

And he pointed the gun to me

and I thought that I'm going to die.

- [Abigail] As theassassin screamed at her

Virginia fought back theonly way she knew how.

- I look at the man

and I started to share the gospel.

He was just a human being like me

looking for the truth like Iused to look many years ago.

And as I shared the gospel with him,

I notice I look at the man

who screamed few seconds ago,

melting under God's power.

- [Abigail] Instead of taking her life,

he accepted Christ.

- He left my office as a free man indeed.

As a brother in Christ

and our lives will never be the same.

- Virginia's book include the chapter from

her would be assassin

on how God transformed his life

after their dividing counter.

Even leading him into ministry.

Reporting from Washington,

Abigail Robertson, CBN News.

- [George] Up next Democraticpresidential nominee,

Joe Biden is appealingto Christian voters,

but is his party's platform

hostile to people of faith?

We'll answer that question in a moment.

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- Welcome back to "Christian World News".

Democratic presidentialnominee Joe Biden says,

"the Equality Act

"would be his top priority as president."

- The Act extends legally protections

to gay, lesbian and transgender people.

But as Heather Sells explains,

it also could be hostileto people of faith.

- [Heather] Joe Biden has adeep Catholic faith and history

that he regularly toutsto potential voters.

But if elected his administration

could easily silence andmarginalized people of faith.

Why?

Because the LGBTQ lobbydominates the Democratic party.

It's former top lobbyistis the convention CEO

and it's number one priority,

the Equality Act would oppress believers.

Just last year he made clear

that the Equality Act

would be his top priority as president.

- Well I promise you thatif I am elected president,

that will be the firstthing I asked to be done.

- [Heather] And so did Tuesday'sLGBTQ Democratic Caucus.

- We have to pass the EqualityAct through both houses.

And of course we have to have a president

who will sign it into law.

- [Heather] The Equality Actwould add Sexual Orientation

and Gender Identity tofederal civil rights laws

with no exceptions for people of faith.

- It treats the people who believes that

marriage is between a man and a woman

and they were created male and female.

It treats our beliefs

as the equivalent of racist bigotry.

- [Heather] Other elementsof the bill include

forcing female athletesto compete with men

that identify as women.

Requiring faith-based adoption agencies

to choose between placingchildren with gay couples

or closing down.

It also adds the words,

Perception and Belief tothe 1964 Civil Rights Act,

which Senator James Lankford says,

"Could spell even more trouble."

- If I go to interview in a job

and I'm not hired,

I can Sue that employer

because I perceive

they were thinking I was gay,

and so they didn't hire me.

- [Heather] Analysts likethe Family Research Council's

David Clawson say,

"Biden's LGBTQ friendly policies

"would affect school children

"and their safety in bathrooms."

- Biden said on his first day in office,

he would reinstate Obama-eraguidance for schools

that would allow those whoidentify as transgender

to have access to the locker rooms,

bathrooms and changing facilities

of their choice.

- [Heather] Biden callstransgender equality,

the civil rights issue of our time.

His foundation launched

a family acceptance campaign in 2018.

- We'll use our resources to highlight

the harms and family rejection.

- [Heather] But with new reporting

on concerns about social contagion

and evidence that some kids might adopt

transgender identities to fit in.

Biden's push to force family acceptance

could strip parents of their ability

to care for their children

and protect them fromharmful medical treatments.

Heather Sells, CBN News.

- Wow, thank you Heather.

So important.

Stay with us we go "Inside Israel"

right after this.

- [Announcer] From Washington DC,

uncompromising stories, interviews

and analysis from Veteranjournalists, David Brody.

- That could be the next step

in this escalating fight.

- [Announcer] Jenna Brown.

- Robert Mueller chosehis words carefully.

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- I don't know if therehas ever been a time

when our nation and the world

needed a miracle morethan we do right now.

- [Announcer] Get PatRobertson's latest DVD,

"Do You Need a Miracle?".

In this DVD,

you'll discover God'sawesome power at work today,

featuring incredible truestories of divine intervention.

- God showed up and you worked miracles.

- Different doctors would come in

and it's like, wow, you a miracle.

- I knew God had restored him.

- We've also gathered teachings.

That will be especially helpful to you,

for what we're facing today,

why it's so important tobelieve God and build our faith.

And this program is goingto help you to just.

Conquer fear, findhope, and be encouraged.

Get, "Do You Need a Miracle?",

yours when you become a CBN partner.

call now 1-800-700-7000

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Available now.

- Welcome back to the broadcast.

Could a recent peace deal bea part of biblical prophecy?

- Emily Jones has the storyand the answer from Jerusalem.

(soft music)

- Welcome to Jerusalem forthis "Inside Israel" report

where we show you what'shappening in Israel

and the Middle East.

As Israel and the UnitedArab Emirates work hard

to finalize their historic peace deal.

It's causing a politicalshuffle across the Middle East.

That some even view as prophetic

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

only saw good results from the agreement

Iran flat out condemned it.

The Palestinian Authoritycalled the UAE traitors

and Turkey's President Erdoğan

threatened to break off

diplomatic relations with the UAE.

Middle East expert, Joel Rosenberg

believes this Abraham accordhas prophetic undertones.

- We watch in the book ofEzekiel chapters 38, 39,

what's known as the eschatological future

war of Gog and Magog

is the Arab States beingvery calm and quiet

towards Israel, Israelreconstructed peaceful, prosperous,

calm, secure,

and then aRussian-Iranian-Turkish Alliance

forming against Israel.

- While Rosenberg doesn'tbelieve Israel's war

with Gog and Magog is imminent.

He says the Middle East isheading in that direction

And Christian should prayfor the peace of Jerusalem.

Hezbollah is in the spotlight again,

after an international tribunal convicted

a senior member of the group

for assassinating Lebanon's Prime Minister

15 years ago.

The special tribunal for Lebanon

and International Court in the Netherlands

found Salim Yahshua guilty

for the 2005 truck bombing

that killed Prime Minister Rafik Hariri

and 21 others.

Meanwhile three others were acquitted

of involvement in the murder.

The verdict delayed for years

due to Hezbollah's gripon power in Lebanon.

(speaking foreign language)

- [Interpreter] He was assassinated

because he was against thepolicy of the regime in Syria

and he wanted to take this regime

out of Lebanon.

We all said this right,

but when it comes from a court

that shows that what we'vesaid before in the past

is true.

- The verdict comes just days

after the huge blast thatrocked Beirut on August 4th,

leaving nearly 200 dead,

6,000 wounded and hundredsof thousands homeless.

Many blame Hezbollah for the attack

and speculate the Iranian backed group

may have stored weapons at the port.

Adding to the deadly explosion.

For the first time in history,

Israeli and German Air Force jets

flew side-by-side over the former

Dachau concentration camp

as a tribute to thevictims of the Holocaust.

The moving fly by marked

the first time Israelijets have ever entered

German airspace.

The historic momentwas captured on camera.

- [Male Voice] Flying togetherabove the valley of darkness

making room for only light ahead.

As we vow never again.

- The jets also flew over the airfield

were 11 Israeli athletes were murdered

in the Munich massacre attack

during the 1972 Summer Olympics.

The Israeli Air Force

will be in Germany for two weeks

to conduct more exercises.

- For more stories like this,

you can watch our"Jerusalem Dateline" program

at cbsnews.com

Back to you.

- Thank you so much, Emily.

Awesome, that was a historic moment.

Israeli jets flying overGermany first time ever.

- Never again indeed.

- Folks thank you somuch for joining us for

this week's edition of"Christian World News".

- Until next week,

goodbye and God bless you.

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